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SpreadTheWord

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hi guys.

(for previous Physics students)

From your experience, what topic would you recommend?

Thanks.
 

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Quanta to Quarks. It's an excellent continuation from Ideas to Implementation. Some of Q2Q actually used to be in I2I in 2001 iirc
 

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Why is Quanta to Quarks so good? I don't understand why everyone in my class wants to do this module. I personally wanted to do Astrophysics.
 

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yeah i too wanted to do astrophysics! but my school is doing, Quanta to Quarks
 

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My teacher wants to do Medical Physics but he said if everyone in the class (all 6 of us haha) can agree on a different topic then he's quite happy to do that. So I'm trying to convince people to do Astrophysics :)
 

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My teacher wants to do Medical Physics but he said if everyone in the class (all 6 of us haha) can agree on a different topic then he's quite happy to do that. So I'm trying to convince people to do Astrophysics :)
Medical Physics is very interesting. If you've got the resources and equipment to really get into the astro option and explore the universe above, then go for it.
 

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Why is Quanta to Quarks so good? I don't understand why everyone in my class wants to do this module. I personally wanted to do Astrophysics.
Personally, I think Q2Q is pretty good, heaps of theory though and not much calculations. I enjoy it most as it is most similar to what I did at university, although I would thoroughly enjoy astrophysics also.

Students usually hear the word "Quanta" and think "Awesome! This is the beginnings of quantum physics." But yeah, its more like a history lesson of quantum physics.. You cannot understand REAL quantum physics unless you understand something like 8unit Mathematics..

In reality, there are only a handful of professors who understand the mathematics behind quantum physics.
 

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